Interim Featherweight Champion to be Crowned at Glory 55

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Robin van Roosmalen will not be defending his
featherweight world title at GLORY 55 New York.

The reigning featherweight champion – and former lightweight
champion – suffered a shoulder injury during training.

"I tried to work through it, but it became too difficult," said Van
Roosmalen. "I'm disappointed to have to pull out of the fight. I'm
sorry to let my fans down, but I think they know that I would only
pull out for something serious. Health is the most important thing,
so I need to get back to 100% and then I will be back to remind
people who the featherweight boss is."

While the champion recovers and prepares to return to action, GLORY
will establish an interim featherweight title at GLORY 55 New York,
broadcast live from The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden on
Saturday, July 20.

No. 2-ranked "The Professor" Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao (159-36-2,
27 KO, fighting out of Thailand), Van Roosmalen's original
opponent, will now face former interim featherweight champion Kevin
Vannostrand (17-2, 12 KO, fighting out of the United States),
currently ranked No. 3 at featherweight.

Twenty-two-year-old Petchpanomrung, more commonly referred to as
"Petch," has won three in a row. Two of those three victories came
by way of head kick, including a 2017 Knockout of the Year
contender against Zakaria Zouggary in December, and what's sure to
be a Knockout of the Year nominee for 2018, submitted against
Abdellah Ezbiri in May.

Vannostrand, seeking his second stint as interim champion, hails
from New York and is undefeated under the lights of The Hulu
Theater, racking up wins over Giga Chikadze, Anvar Boynazarov and
Mo Abdurahman last year.

GLORY is seeking an opponent for Massaro "The Project" Glunder
(31-12-4, 20 KO, fighting out of the Netherlands), who was slated
to face Vannostrand before the shake-up.

Before GLORY 55 New York, former welterweight champion Cédric "The
Best" Doumbé (69-6-1, 40 KO, fighting out of France) squares off
against Alan "Superboy" Scheinson (51-6, 37 KO, fighting out of
Argentina) in the GLORY 55 SuperFight Series headline bout.

The promotion has also added a lightweight bout between Chris
"Super Swiss" Lukusa (15-3, fighting out of the United States) and
PJ Sweda (4-2, fighting out of the United States) to the SuperFight
Series card.

The updated seven-fight card for GLORY 55 SuperFight Series can be
found below: